Example sentences of "have done a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Councillor talked about er spending levels and he may be interested to know that the N U T have done a recent survey of education spending and found to be sixty first out of a hundred L E A's surveyed , so that does n't quite stack up with some of his statistics . |
| 2 | If they last twenty years before being replaced they have done a good service . |
| 3 | As it is , Vox have done a good job of producing a classic guitar with a '90s feel and sound . |
| 4 | But they know what the game is , and they know when they have done a good job : the rewards are tangible and clear . |
| 5 | The ploughs have done a good job . ’ |
| 6 | Some of us will believe that we have done a good job during that period . |
| 7 | Central defenders have done a good job today for Leicester of course I 've put the curse on him saying that he knocks it straight out of play but er Gary Mills who 's missed half a dozen games through injury is going to come on now and he 's going to take the place of Neil Lewis . |
| 8 | The police have done a good job but it 's very difficclt unless you catch them with a box of matches . |
| 9 | The fact that such leading brands as Remy Martin cognac , Bell 's Whisky and Bols Gin now use ‘ Melinar ’ containers shows we have done a good job througout Europe . ’ |
| 10 | Whether they , they feel , they feel better and whether that 's because the nurses have done a good job or not . |
| 11 | Yes , the Germans have always had gigantic and very refined apparatus and have done a vast amount of hard work . |
| 12 | ‘ You have done a marvellous job , ’ judge Mr Justice Otton told them . |
| 13 | ‘ You have done a marvellous job , ’ judge Mr Justice Otton told them . |
| 14 | ‘ The students have done a marvellous job for us . |
| 15 | On their own terms , successive governments here have done a respectable job of housing the African population . |
| 16 | You should be aware of your own weaknesses if you have done a thorough selfassessment but the information is for your own eyes only . |
| 17 | Nevertheless we are generally satisfied that both committees , that 's the English and the Welsh committees , have done a thorough job and on behalf of my colleagues I would certainly like to pay tribute to those who served on those committees who I believe discharged their responsibilities with great professionalism in circumstances made unnecessarily difficult by ministerial dithering and delay . |
| 18 | Indeed , if you have followed through all the exercises in this book , you have done a substantial amount of work . |
| 19 | They have done a superb job . |
| 20 | Both men , in fact , were and still are , honestly convinced they have done a first-rate job . |
| 21 | ( All the PTEs have done a great deal of work on the integration and simplification of fare-structures and the provision of interchangeable tickets . ) |
| 22 | Your recordings of Strauss 's orchestral works have become something of a legend , including works like the Sinfonia Domestica and the Alpine Symphony , which you have done a great deal to rehabilitate in public esteem . |
| 23 | When anyone suggests , as people will , that they have done a great thing for Anna , Tony and Christine are quick to reply that it has been a great thing , also , for them . |
| 24 | As early as 1707 Hugh , first Earl of Cholmondeley [ q.v. ] , was advised by a surveyor in London that the Smiths did a ‘ great deal of busness in the Contry and they have done a great deal of work thearabout & in Warwick you may easy hear of them ’ ; and when in the 1730s Sarah , Duchess of Marlborough [ q.v. ] , was building a house as far away as Wimbledon , Surrey , she stipulated that ‘ Mr. Smith of Warwickshire the Builder may be employed to make Contracts and to Measure the Work and to doe every thing in his Way that is necessary to Compleat the Work as far as the Distance he is at will give him leave to do . ’ |
| 25 | As the hon. Gentleman will know , the Government have done a great deal to assist the Scottish economy . |
| 26 | The efforts of the management and the work force now in the shipyards on the Clyde and in Yarrow 's have done a great deal to restore that badge of quality , which was in danger of slipping away . |
| 27 | On the distinction between education and training , we have done a great deal to bring together the best of education and of training . |
| 28 | ‘ Our intention was always to purchase a CT scanner in our business plan this year and we have done a great deal of work , ’ he said . |
| 29 | The youngsters who have come in have done a great job . ’ |
| 30 | On the contrary , it draws attention to the dangers of introducing western technology outside , and even in the west it 's a good illustration this of the extent to which or work in countries overseas has relevance for Britain , because we have done a great deal of work on the implications for the unemployment problem of having technology which requires too much capital , which has a very ratio of capital to labour . |